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Average rating: 3.74 · 1,942 ratings · 367 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	How the Right Lost Its Mind 3.91 avg rating — 897 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School: Real-world Antidotes to Feel-good Education 3.70 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education 3.52 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write or Add 3.70 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Nation of Moochers: America's Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing 3.47 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character 3.58 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Profscam: Professors and the Demise of Higher Education 3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hollow Men: Politics and Corruption in Higher Education 3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of Privacy: The Attack on Personal Rights at Home, at Work, On-Line, and in Court 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	National Review College Guide: America's Top Liberal Arts Schools 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.”
― Charles J. Sykes, Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write or Add

tags: humor, misattributed-to-bill-gates, nerd, nerds, work

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“Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a
different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.”
― Charles J. Sykes

tags: dignity, opportunity, parents-and-children, parents-responsibility

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“Life is not fair; get used to it.”
― Charles J. Sykes

tags: life, life-experience, life-lessons, life-quotes

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